Seed stage companies are early-stage startups that have validated their initial concept and are building traction. These companies typically raise $500K-$3M to develop their product and acquire first customers.
Explore 33,319 recently funded seed companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.
| Industry | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 9 | $78.3M |
| Apps | 2 | $3.4M |
| Assistive Technology | 1 | $3.0M |
| Clean Energy | 1 | $5.0M |
| Information Technology | 1 | $5.0M |
| Law Enforcement | 1 | $2.0M |
| Film | 1 | $4.9M |
| Art | 1 | $1.0M |
| Financial Services | 1 | $7.0M |
| Analytics | 1 | $4.3M |
| City | Companies | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 5 | $27.4M |
| London | 2 | $22.0M |
| Berkeley | 1 | $3.0M |
| Berlin | 1 | $5.0M |
| Copenhagen | 1 | $5.0M |
| Vacaville | 1 | $2.0M |
| Cleveland | 1 | $1.4M |
| Austin | 1 | $4.9M |
| Amsterdam | 1 | $1.0M |
| Paris | 1 | $15.2M |
ATDev provides assistive technology and medical device solutions.
Bees & Bears is a green fintech company that specializes in financing renewable energy solutions.
Jabbr allows to capture boxing matches with a virtual video production.
Pryme Infil is a legal tech company that offers a law enforcement operations software for operational and training needs of law officers.
Streamline is an application unifieing sports, shows, and movies with AI scheduling, subscriptions, and social features.
Sycamore Studios is a film production studio that combines filmmaking with animation pipelines to produce premium family entertainment.
Jack & Jill AI tackles the problems of Traditional hiring processes.
Whoppah is a marketplace that offers furniture, art, lighting, coffee table books, and decoration products for decorating home.
Probabl is a provider of open-source data science and machine learning solutions and services.
zkr. is a credit management platform that offers KYC management, annual accounts, and digital signing services.
Aragorn AI develops cloud people resource data integration platform that helps teams streamline and automate vendor and IT integrations.
Corbel is a fintech platform that offers financing and CPQ tools for equipment sales.
Golpo offers an AI-powered content creation tool that converts a document or topic into conversational audio and explainer videos.
Graph AI is a technology company that specialises in creating AI safety, alignment, and risk management solutions for businesses.
Grateful provides cashless tipping and trunk management software that integrates QR/NFC, EPOS systems, and compliance reporting.
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Stablecoin on/off-ramps to virtual accounts and wallets, tools for seamless cross-border banking with instant settlements and liquidity.
OneTake AI is an autonomous video editing agent that turns talking videos into professional presentations
PlanYear is a digital platform for insurance management and employee benefits for consultants, employers, and employees.
Provision is automating construction with AI.
The Bardot is a fashion and makeup company that offers onsite bridal beauty services.
Vertical Semiconductor is reinventing power conversion for the current computing infrastructure.
The Woz AI platform makes it possible for anyone to start and grow software companies.
Dedalus Labs is a Software Development firm offering AI based MCP gateway service to their clients.
Liberate Bio develops non-viral delivery technologies for nucleic acid cargoes, aiming to address genetic disorders.
Seed funding is typically the first significant round of institutional or angel capital a startup raises. Companies at the seed stage usually have a working product or a strong prototype and are beginning to acquire early customers. This stage bridges the gap between concept validation and achieving the traction needed for a Series A.
$500K - $5M
The actual amount varies based on market conditions, company traction, and investor appetite.
Seed funding is used to refine the product based on early customer feedback, build out the core team (typically engineering and go-to-market roles), establish initial go-to-market channels, and generate enough traction to raise a Series A within 12-18 months.
Seed-stage investors include angel investors, seed-focused venture capital firms, and accelerator programs. Notable seed-stage investors include firms like First Round Capital, Precursor Ventures, and Initialized Capital, as well as individual angels with domain expertise.
Seed-stage startups are typically evaluated on early revenue or user growth, the size and defensibility of their target market, product-market fit signals, and the strength of the founding team. Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) in the low five figures or strong user engagement metrics are common benchmarks.
Based on 33,319 seed companies tracked in the VCBacked database, here is a snapshot of current funding activity at this stage.
Finding companies that have recently raised seed funding is valuable for sales teams, investors, recruiters, and service providers. Seed startups are actively spending their newly raised capital on tools, talent, and services, making them ideal prospects. VCBacked tracks 33,319 seed companies with verified founder contact information, updated regularly as new rounds are announced.
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